Take an eclectic journey across Canada to seek out our world-renowned natural and historic landmarks, such as the relics of a famous gold rush, North America's only walled city, indigenous deep heritage, spectacular landscape features, and awe-inspiring feats of engineering.
Take an eclectic journey across Canada to seek out our world-renowned natural and historic landmarks, such as the relics of a famous gold rush, North America's only walled city, indigenous deep heritage, spectacular landscape features, and awe-inspiring feats of engineering.
Ron Brown, a geographer and travel writer, has authored more than twenty books, including Canada’s World Wonders and The Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore. A past chair of the Writers' Union of Canada and a current member of the East York Historical Society, he gives lectures and conducts tours along Ontario's back roads. Ron lives in Toronto. Ron Brown, a geographer and travel writer, has authored more than twenty books, including Canada's World Wonders and The Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore. A past chair of the Writers' Union of Canada and a current member of the East York Historical Society, he gives lectures and conducts tours along Ontario's back roads. Ron lives in Toronto.
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* INTRODUCTION Canada's World Wonders: What are They? * ONE Canada on the World Stage * TWO They Came from Outer Space: The Charlevoix Meteor Crater and Bisosphere Reserve * THREE Headless Valley and Other Grand Canyons * FOUR The Giant's Rib: The Niagara Escarpment World Biosphere Reserve * FIVE Rocky Mountains High * SIX Jurassic Park North: Alberta's World-Famous Dinosaur Graveyards * SEVEN Water, Water, Everywhere: Canada's Greatest Lakes * EIGHT Group of Seven Country: Canada's Thirty Thousand Islands Biosphere Reserve * NINE The Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve * TEN The "Amazon of the North": Canada's Great Bear Rainforest * ELEVEN Pingo! and Other Arctic Oddities * TWELVE Inuksuit: The Stone Men of the Arctic * THIRTEEN The Watchers: Canada's West Coast Totems * FOURTEEN Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump * FIFTEEN The Tide Is High: Fundy's Giant Tides * SIXTEEN In the Footsteps of the Vikings: Following Newfoundland's Viking Trail * SEVENTEEN Welcome to Canada: From Grosse-Île to Pier 21 * EIGHTEEN: Behind Those Walls Old Quebec City World Heritage Site * NINETEEN Bluenose Country: Old Town Lunenburg * TWENTY Fortress of Louisbourg: North America's Largest Historic Re-Creation * TWENTY-ONE Ho! For the Klondike * TWENTY-TWO Canada's Elusive Northwest Passage * TWENTY-THREE The Rideau Canal: A Waterway from the Past * TWENTY-FOUR Bridging the Gap: Canada's Engineering Marvels * TWENTY-FIVE Black Gold: Still Pumping After All These Years * TWENTY-SIX Riding the Rails: Canada's World-Renowned Train Trips * TWENTY-SEVEN The Trans-Canada Highway: Canada's Second "National Dream" * TWENTY-EIGHT La Gaspésie: Quebec's Lighthouse Trail * TWENTY-NINE Cape Breton's World-Famous Cabot Trail * THIRTY From Sea to Sky and Beyond * THIRTY-ONE Sasquatch and Other Wandering Wonders * THIRTY-TWO The Vimy Ridge Memorial: The Final Chapter * ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS * IMAGE CREDITS * INDEX
* INTRODUCTION Canada's World Wonders: What are They? * ONE Canada on the World Stage * TWO They Came from Outer Space: The Charlevoix Meteor Crater and Bisosphere Reserve * THREE Headless Valley and Other Grand Canyons * FOUR The Giant's Rib: The Niagara Escarpment World Biosphere Reserve * FIVE Rocky Mountains High * SIX Jurassic Park North: Alberta's World-Famous Dinosaur Graveyards * SEVEN Water, Water, Everywhere: Canada's Greatest Lakes * EIGHT Group of Seven Country: Canada's Thirty Thousand Islands Biosphere Reserve * NINE The Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve * TEN The "Amazon of the North": Canada's Great Bear Rainforest * ELEVEN Pingo! and Other Arctic Oddities * TWELVE Inuksuit: The Stone Men of the Arctic * THIRTEEN The Watchers: Canada's West Coast Totems * FOURTEEN Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump * FIFTEEN The Tide Is High: Fundy's Giant Tides * SIXTEEN In the Footsteps of the Vikings: Following Newfoundland's Viking Trail * SEVENTEEN Welcome to Canada: From Grosse-Île to Pier 21 * EIGHTEEN: Behind Those Walls Old Quebec City World Heritage Site * NINETEEN Bluenose Country: Old Town Lunenburg * TWENTY Fortress of Louisbourg: North America's Largest Historic Re-Creation * TWENTY-ONE Ho! For the Klondike * TWENTY-TWO Canada's Elusive Northwest Passage * TWENTY-THREE The Rideau Canal: A Waterway from the Past * TWENTY-FOUR Bridging the Gap: Canada's Engineering Marvels * TWENTY-FIVE Black Gold: Still Pumping After All These Years * TWENTY-SIX Riding the Rails: Canada's World-Renowned Train Trips * TWENTY-SEVEN The Trans-Canada Highway: Canada's Second "National Dream" * TWENTY-EIGHT La Gaspésie: Quebec's Lighthouse Trail * TWENTY-NINE Cape Breton's World-Famous Cabot Trail * THIRTY From Sea to Sky and Beyond * THIRTY-ONE Sasquatch and Other Wandering Wonders * THIRTY-TWO The Vimy Ridge Memorial: The Final Chapter * ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS * IMAGE CREDITS * INDEX
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